Registrar of Probates (SA) v Rymill [1917] HCA 22

OF AUSTRALIA. 163

[HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA.]

EGISTRAR OF PROBATES FOR\ 4...

AND

LANDOTHERS . . . ._ . RESPONDENTS.

REGISTRAR OF PROBATES FOR ye opel OUTH AUSTRALIA i} cea

AND

o 'S$ TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR er Resvonpmirs.

ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

1» Duty—Asseosment—Property derived from deceased person—Net present H. C. oF A. of property derived—Deduction—Commonwealth estate duly—Succession 1917. 'Act 1893 (S.A.) (No. 567), secs. 6, 7,8; Sched. 2—Estate Duty Act = —~ ADELAIDE,

May 31; it is provided that "Every June 1.

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obates '' succession duties, to be assessed by th» Registrar, according to 'and Rich JJ. rates mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act." By the Second dule, which is headed "Duties on property derived by any person

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AND Exprr's TRUSTEE

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EXxEcuror

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HIGH COURT

value of the property and the relationship of the beneficiary to the dece: By see. 7 it is provided that " For the purposes of this Act property deri from a deceased person shall be subject to duty in so far as it comprises or is portion of, or is payable out of—(a) His real property in the said proyine . 1 (b) His personal property, wherever the same shall be . the deceased was, at the time of his death, domiciled in the said province or (c) His personal property in the said province . . ., including all d money, and choses in action receivable or recoverable by the adminis in the said province, if the deceased had, at the time of his death, a fo domicile. All duties lawfully paid in any place out of the said province respect of propurty being out of the province, and derived from any dec person, may be deducted from the duty to which the same property is liabl under this Act." Sec. 8 provides that "The duty payable under this A shall be a first charge upon the property derived from the deceased person.